Martins 2005: 289. Translated as 'firewood' in [Barbosa 2005: 50], but since the polysemy 'firewood / fire' is extremely common in the Amazon, it seems reasonable to assume that this is the basic root for 'fire'.

Ramirez 2006: 200; Epps 2005: 225 (wɔnt=ndä̂ {won'dé}). In [Epps 2005], it is glossed as 'porridge (?)-tuber', which is dubious, but the phonological structure of the word (nasal and non-nasal syllables combined) suggests that it should be treated as a compound.

Daw:w̃ɔ̃=dɛ̃h 1

Martins 2005: 276.

Nadeb:taɾod-nũːh ~ kaɾo-nũːh {talod-nuuh ~ kalo-nuuh} 2

Martins 2005: 276. The first form is from Roçado Nadëb, the latter is from Rio Negro Nadëb.

Ramirez 2006: 210; Epps 2005: 318; Martins 2005: 256. More precisely 'to be in lying position on the ground (for any entity capable of an upright position), to be in contact with ground (for any other entity)'. Causative: dʸä̰̂t {y'ét}. For resting on objects or surfaces other than ground, the verb wôbn {wö́b} is used instead [Ramirez 2006: 203; Epps 2005: 319]. Distinct from kã̰̂ʔ {k'ã́'} 'to hang, to lie in a hammock' [Ramirez 2006: 91; Epps 2005: 395].

Ramirez 2006: 59; Epps 2005: 374. This root was apparently borrowed into Proto-North-Western Jê *ndɯwᵊ from a Nadahup language and not the other way round, because its phonological structure in North-Western Jê indicates a loan origin. It is unclear where and how such a contact could take place but other examples are known, such as PNWJ *kukoyᵊ ~ *kukwɤyᵊ 'monkey' and Hup kukûy ~ kukûʸh {kukúy ~ kukúç} 'night monkey (Aotus vociferans)'.

Daw:bûːy # 3

Martins 2004: 178. Found only in glosses. Distinct from wɛy [Martins 2004: 212] in that the latter means 'young'.

Martins 2004: 664. Glossed as 'water', but the verb 'to rain' is cited as nɤx-doȡ ('water-fall'). This suggests that Dâw makes no distinction between 'water' and 'rain'. The form doȡ is quoted as 'rain' in [Martins 2005: 288].

Weir 1954: 214 (only the former form); Martins 2005: 257. Non-indicative: =ɨ̃h {=ɨ̃h}. According to Martins, =ɨ̃ːh {=ɨ̃ɨh} is from Roçado Nadëb (the variant =ʔãh {=ãh} is attested), while =ãːh {=ãah} is from Rio Negro Nadëb.

Number: 77

Word:small

Hup:čĩ̂mp-mä̃h̃ {sím'eh} 1

Ramirez 2006: 160; Epps 2005: 368 (čĩ̂p-mä̃h̃ {sípmeh}). Adjective. Lacks the ability to take most verbal inflection or the bound nominal tɨh=, and does not occur as a head of a NP. Polysemy: 'small / a little'.

Martins 2004: 365; Andrade 2014: 86. Essentially identical to ʔǎːʔ ~ ʔâː, but the latter is claimed to be used more often as a temporal demonstrative or an anaphoric pronoun [Martins 2004: 368, 369].